Tyke and Tindy Lou

tykesmom · 01-17-2009, 09:30 AM

We have a nightly ritual here in our house - about an hour before we go to bed, we let my cockatiel, Tindy Lou, out of her cage to fly around in the sunroom and socialize with us. (We can only do it after it gets dark - otherwise I'm afraid she would fly into one of the big windows and kill herself!) Tindy Lou ADORES Tyke, and tries to make friends with her, but Tyke is really a little afraid of her. (maybe that's not such a bad thing!) Although Tyke will go up to TL's cage and "talk" to her sometimes, she is much more wary when TL is flying around loose. To Tindy Lou's credit, she does keep trying to make friends. (Under VERY close supervision by BaBa and me, of course) Here's one of their encounters:

Tindy Lou: "Hi, Tyke, whatcha' doin'??"
Tyke: "OMG - here comes that flying monkey again! If I lie here really still, maybe she won't notice me!!!

Tindy Lou: 'YOOOOOOU HOOOOOOOO!!! TYKE!!! IT'S ME!!!!!!

Tyke: "You aren't gonna let her get me, are you Mom????"

Tindy Lou: "OOOOOOOH, I'D JUST LOOOOOVE TO GET MY CLAWS IN THOSE PRETTY CURLS!!!!! CAN I, TYKIE???? PRETTY PLEEEEEEEZ???"

Tyke: "Do it and DIE, Tweety Bird!!!!"

Tindy Lou: "Uh, I'll take that as a NO....."

Tyke: "Good Answer, you flying drumstick!!!! !"

gene · 01-17-2009, 10:07 AM

Great pics and captions! In my house, Tindy would be referred to as "appetizer!!"!!

**lindamarie** · 01-17-2009, 10:11 AM

I LOVE IT!

annieG · 01-17-2009, 11:00 AM

very cute. I am surprised that Tyke just ignores her. At our house Tindy Lou would be great entertainment and maybe a snack for Humphrey

tykesmom · 01-17-2009, 11:44 AM

I think poor Tyke figures if she ignores her, Tindy Lou will just go away. Not so with our last dog! Fritzy would have gobbled her up in a second! We NEVER let the two of them out in the same room!!!

blueteal · 01-17-2009, 11:46 AM

Great pictures and captions!!!!!!!!!
Oh at my house the cats would be fighting over that flying meal...................
Ryder fwould chase and Denver would be shaking his head at all of them.........

dustt · 01-17-2009, 11:53 AM

love the captions and LOVE how the dog ignores the bird!!! - I don't know what Hamish would do - the cat - he'd probably think TL was moving LUNCH!! - but then again he's partial to bunnies!!

SykoSofie · 01-17-2009, 01:34 PM

Yum! Tastes like chicken!!

annabelles mom · 01-17-2009, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gene

Great pics and captions! In my house, Tindy would be referred to as "appetizer!!"!!

DITTO

**MaxandMe** · 01-17-2009, 06:51 PM

hahahahaaaaaaaaa i can tell lil TYKE is just ever so thrilled with Tindy LOU

SUE in your house feathers would be flying ...i still remember what happened when hubby walked ryder hahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
not funny but is at same time hhahaaaaaaaaaaaa

i've actually had dogs and birds get along in past so i find this totally hysterical

tuffystar · 01-17-2009, 08:00 PM

Frisbee practice with a treat at the end!

Raleighsmom · 01-17-2009, 08:29 PM

Bahahahaha...great story and pics Kim!!!! We had a cockatiel by the name of Purdue (bought him in VA. and driving by the Purdue chicken factory chose that name for him..

and a maroon bellied conure named Roy..yep..after Roy Rogers chicken..hahahaha )..anyway, we always let Purdue and Roy out of their cages to play on top on their gym...our old chocolate lab Charlie loved Purdue and Roy....one day, Roy slid down the side of the cage, and hopped onto Charlies back...hanging on for dear life, and with Charlies fur between his claws, he took Roy for a ride around the living room...yeehaw...giddyup!!! Hahahahahaha...wish I had a camera for that one!!! Roy died 3 yrs. ago, so Raleigh never got the pleasure of meeting him... and Purdue we gave to a family that had 3 other cockatiels...Purdue got very lonely after Roy died, and Raleigh was way too interested in him, so I could never let him out of his cage..It killed me to give him away,because I had him for 15 yrs... but I felt it was only fair for Purdue so he could be happy toward the end of his life..

anny51 · 01-17-2009, 08:37 PM

Brilliant Kim...so funny...Tyke looks as if he has the patience of a saint, but I expect you know otherwise!

I went to an owl sanctuary a couple of days ago and a baby morepork (a NZ owl) sat on my hand, then my shoulder

then took his very first flight off my shoulder to the table. I was sooooo excited.... the chap who raised him said he'd had an owl from the age of 6 for 30 years....it went everywhere with him and was very intelligent. I thought 'I WANT ONE" but then I thought about having to retrieve it from halfway down Charlie's throat.....

tykesmom · 01-18-2009, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by tuffystar

Frisbee practice with a treat at the end!

A SELF-LAUNCHING Frisbee too!!!!

Kathie, I love your bird names - especially after you explained their origins!!!!! However, Tindy Lou didn't think it was one bit funny - I don't know what is wrong with that bird's sense of humor.........

annieG · 01-18-2009, 10:52 AM

:P :P :P :P :P Love all your stories

01-17-2009, 09:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
tykesmom Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,120	Tyke and Tindy Lou We have a nightly ritual here in our house - about an hour before we go to bed, we let my cockatiel, Tindy Lou, out of her cage to fly around in the sunroom and socialize with us. (We can only do it after it gets dark - otherwise I'm afraid she would fly into one of the big windows and kill herself!) Tindy Lou ADORES Tyke, and tries to make friends with her, but Tyke is really a little afraid of her. (maybe that's not such a bad thing!) Although Tyke will go up to TL's cage and "talk" to her sometimes, she is much more wary when TL is flying around loose. To Tindy Lou's credit, she does keep trying to make friends. (Under VERY close supervision by BaBa and me, of course) Here's one of their encounters: Tindy Lou: "Hi, Tyke, whatcha' doin'??" Tyke: "OMG - here comes that flying monkey again! If I lie here really still, maybe she won't notice me!!! Tindy Lou: 'YOOOOOOU HOOOOOOOO!!! TYKE!!! IT'S ME!!!!!! Tyke: "You aren't gonna let her get me, are you Mom????" Tindy Lou: "OOOOOOOH, I'D JUST LOOOOOVE TO GET MY CLAWS IN THOSE PRETTY CURLS!!!!! CAN I, TYKIE???? PRETTY PLEEEEEEEZ???" Tyke: "Do it and DIE, Tweety Bird!!!!" Tindy Lou: "Uh, I'll take that as a NO....." Tyke: "Good Answer, you flying drumstick!!!! !" __________________ Kim and Tyke "You say dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you they will be there long before any of us." - Robert Louis Stevenson

01-17-2009, 10:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
gene Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: youngstown ohio Posts: 8,619	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou Great pics and captions! In my house, Tindy would be referred to as "appetizer!!"!! __________________ gene , jonah , miko and rumor "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." - Robert Benchley

01-17-2009, 10:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
lindamarie Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Birmingham, Michigan Posts: 6,171	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou I LOVE IT! __________________ Linda & Bogart Dogs=Unconditional love "We have it all! Just like Bogie & Bacall!"

01-17-2009, 11:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
annieG Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,929	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou very cute. I am surprised that Tyke just ignores her. At our house Tindy Lou would be great entertainment and maybe a snack for Humphrey __________________ AnnieG & Tanner

01-17-2009, 11:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
tykesmom Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,120	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou I think poor Tyke figures if she ignores her, Tindy Lou will just go away. Not so with our last dog! Fritzy would have gobbled her up in a second! We NEVER let the two of them out in the same room!!! __________________ Kim and Tyke "You say dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you they will be there long before any of us." - Robert Louis Stevenson

01-17-2009, 11:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
blueteal Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,334	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou Great pictures and captions!!!!!!!!! Oh at my house the cats would be fighting over that flying meal................... Ryder fwould chase and Denver would be shaking his head at all of them.........

01-17-2009, 11:53 AM	#7 (permalink)
dustt Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeastern Michigan Posts: 296	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou love the captions and LOVE how the dog ignores the bird!!! - I don't know what Hamish would do - the cat - he'd probably think TL was moving LUNCH!! - but then again he's partial to bunnies!! __________________ Tam & Hamish

01-17-2009, 01:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
SykoSofie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wabash, Indiana Posts: 139	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou Yum! Tastes like chicken!! __________________ Theresa & Linus

01-17-2009, 06:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
MaxandMe Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 15,103	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou hahahahaaaaaaaaa i can tell lil TYKE is just ever so thrilled with Tindy LOU SUE in your house feathers would be flying ...i still remember what happened when hubby walked ryder hahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa not funny but is at same time hhahaaaaaaaaaaaa i've actually had dogs and birds get along in past so i find this totally hysterical __________________ *Annmarie, Max,& Peanut* "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France uncondtional love: what a dog always does for us and humans strive to do but can we?

01-17-2009, 08:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
tuffystar Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Utah Posts: 2,292	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou Frisbee practice with a treat at the end!

01-17-2009, 08:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
Raleighsmom Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Windsor,Ct Posts: 4,617	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou Bahahahaha...great story and pics Kim!!!! We had a cockatiel by the name of Purdue (bought him in VA. and driving by the Purdue chicken factory chose that name for him.. and a maroon bellied conure named Roy..yep..after Roy Rogers chicken..hahahaha )..anyway, we always let Purdue and Roy out of their cages to play on top on their gym...our old chocolate lab Charlie loved Purdue and Roy....one day, Roy slid down the side of the cage, and hopped onto Charlies back...hanging on for dear life, and with Charlies fur between his claws, he took Roy for a ride around the living room...yeehaw...giddyup!!! Hahahahahaha...wish I had a camera for that one!!! Roy died 3 yrs. ago, so Raleigh never got the pleasure of meeting him... and Purdue we gave to a family that had 3 other cockatiels...Purdue got very lonely after Roy died, and Raleigh was way too interested in him, so I could never let him out of his cage..It killed me to give him away,because I had him for 15 yrs... but I felt it was only fair for Purdue so he could be happy toward the end of his life.. __________________ Kathie,Raleigh & Molly! "Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" ~ Theophile Gautier

01-17-2009, 08:37 PM	#13 (permalink)
anny51 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: England/New Zealand Posts: 755	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou Brilliant Kim...so funny...Tyke looks as if he has the patience of a saint, but I expect you know otherwise! I went to an owl sanctuary a couple of days ago and a baby morepork (a NZ owl) sat on my hand, then my shoulder then took his very first flight off my shoulder to the table. I was sooooo excited.... the chap who raised him said he'd had an owl from the age of 6 for 30 years....it went everywhere with him and was very intelligent. I thought 'I WANT ONE" but then I thought about having to retrieve it from halfway down Charlie's throat..... __________________ Ann and Charlie "Qui me amat, amet et canem meum." ("Love me, love my dog.") - St. Bernard, A.D. 1150, "Sermo Primus

01-18-2009, 10:52 AM	#15 (permalink)
annieG Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,929	Re: Tyke and Tindy Lou :P :P :P :P :P Love all your stories __________________ AnnieG & Tanner

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